Number of Newly Registered Enterprises in the 2000-2007 Period

The cost of using borrowed capital affects the cost of investment, so credit interest rates are an important factor affecting investment decisions and total investment demand in the economy. When interest rates are low, investors will receive higher net profits from investment, or in other words, the rate of return on investment projects increases. And so, many investment projects will be implemented, increasing the demand for investment in the economy. That is a major factor leading to economic growth. Therefore, applying a low interest rate policy is considered the key to promoting investment and economic growth.

As a tool for macroeconomic adjustment, credit is also an important and effective tool of the State to encourage and orient the development of SMEs. The use of this tool is carried out through many different measures, but can be focused on the following main methods:

- Preferential credit.

Preferential credit is an important measure in using credit tools to encourage and orient the development of SMEs.

In preferential credit, the State is the main provider of credit to SMEs at low interest rates. Preferential credit plays an important role in promoting and guiding the development of SMEs. Its role is shown in:

The first is to enhance financial capacity for SMEs.

The biggest limitation of SMEs is low capital, which limits the equipment, machinery and advanced technology, and also makes it difficult to expand business operations. With preferential credit, business capital has been increased for enterprises. When the Government lends capital at low interest rates, it actually provides a financial subsidy to enterprises.

On the other hand, low-interest loans are seen as a way to reduce investment costs and increase the profitability of businesses.

The second is to promote businesses to invest in implementing priority socio-economic goals according to the State's orientation.

Preferential lending is linked to incentive goals for certain sectors, industries, and regions, such as preferential credit for technological equipment innovation, preferential credit for export, and preferential credit for investment in disadvantaged areas.

Thus, along with the provision of preferential credit, the State has implemented development orientation for enterprises. Preferential credit in a market economy is implemented in conjunction with certain socio-economic goals according to specific programs. On the other hand, preferential credit only provides enterprises with the ability to implement investment results and according to investment progress. Preferential credit is used as an economic lever to stimulate and promote the development of enterprises.

Preferential credit sources for SMEs are mainly capital from the State budget and capital contributions from foreign financial institutions and international financial institutions: and are formed in the form of investment support funds associated with investment programs according to certain objectives and are often used for medium-term and long-term loans at preferential interest rates. To conduct and manage investment support funds in countries where the funds are large in scale, Government financial institutions have been established specializing in providing credit assistance to SMEs.

Considering preferential credit, there is a difference between bank credit interest rates and preferential credit. Bank credit interest rates are formed in the market depending mainly on the supply and demand of capital in the market. Preferential interest rates are mainly decided by the Government based on economic development goals -

Social, it does not depend on the market but it is not therefore completely separate from the market interest rate.

- Capital support through credit guarantee fund.

Banks often limit lending to SMEs due to doubts about their ability to pay and also require them to have collateral. Many SMEs face many difficulties because after a period of operation, they need to borrow capital to expand their production and business activities but do not have enough collateral, or enough collateral to ensure their ability to pay to lending banks.

The model requires the State to establish a credit guarantee fund for SMEs. The fund operates as a financial institution of the Government. The fund's capital can be mobilized from the State budget, from contributions from financial institutions and domestic credit institutions. The credit guarantee fund guarantees loans without collateral. When a business has a feasible investment plan, the business can request a credit guarantee fund to guarantee the loan. After consideration, if the credit guarantee fund accepts, this credit guarantee fund will be a third party to guarantee the business, committing to the lender to guarantee debt payment when the business borrows capital but cannot fulfill its debt repayment obligations on time. Depending on the size of the fund, the priority level determines the scope of guarantee and limits the amount of credit guaranteed by the Fund.

With this model, businesses will have more opportunities to access bank loans through the support of credit guarantee funds. These businesses will have their capital sources unlocked, increasing their ability to borrow. The State can share risks with lenders, encourage banks and credit institutions to expand credit provision to SMEs, because the State is always behind, the one who will guarantee the risk in case the business is unable to pay.

- Hire purchase credit form

This is a form of medium and long-term credit through asset leasing. The lessor leases the asset and holds ownership of the leased asset. The lessee uses the leased asset and pays the rent during the lease term agreed upon by both parties and cannot cancel the contract before the term. At the end of the lease term, the lessee can transfer ownership, buy back or continue to lease the asset according to the terms agreed upon in the lease.

Characteristics of this form: the lessee is the one who chooses the necessary assets for lease. During the contract implementation, the lessor holds ownership of the assets and the lessee has the right to use the assets. Neither party has the right to cancel the contract before the term. This form is more secure. For SMEs, this is considered a suitable and effective form of capital provision: providing medium and long-term capital; renovating machinery and equipment; improving the financial situation and the enterprise does not have to record additional debt in the balance sheet, so the debt ratio is kept low, the enterprise can continue to borrow capital from other sources to expand its business activities.

- The state or associations act as intermediaries so that businesses can access capital from commercial banks.

To borrow capital, enterprises, in addition to having a feasible project, also need collateral to ensure payment ability. Normally, it is very difficult for SMEs to access capital sources from commercial banks because the way of evaluating projects between banks and enterprises is not consistent, there are different analysis methods. Therefore, the State or associations acting as intermediaries will help these enterprises a lot in accessing capital sources from commercial banks.

CHAPTER II

RESEARCH ON THE USE OF VIETNAM'S FINANCIAL POLICY IN ORIENTATION,

ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SME AND EXPERIENCES OF SOME COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD


2.1. Some features of Vietnamese SMEs

2.1.1. On the number of SMEs and capital scale

In recent times, thanks to the birth of the Enterprise Law 2005 and the Investment Law 2005, there have been positive impacts on the development of Vietnamese SMEs, contributing to creating a more open and equal business environment for all types of businesses.

In terms of quantity, by the end of 2007, there were about 300,000 enterprises established nationwide, of which if calculated by labor criteria, the number of SMEs accounted for about 96%, and if calculated by registered capital criteria, it accounted for about 88%. These enterprises are contributing about 30% of the total industrial output value, creating jobs for nearly 3 million workers, accounting for 26% of the country's workforce, creating about 49% of jobs in the non-agricultural sector. The proportion of GDP that SMEs contribute to the economy is increasing. If in 1999, the proportion of GDP of SMEs accounted for only about 8.01%

; in 2002 it accounted for 9.02%, by 2004 this rate was about 24% and in 2006 the contribution rate was about 26% of GDP.

SMEs participate in most sectors of the economy, with businesses focusing most on trade, engine and motorbike repair (40.6% of businesses); followed by processing industries (20.9%), construction (13.2%) and the remaining industries such as property trading, consulting, hotels and restaurants (25.3%).

It is worth noting that 24% of private enterprises operate in the fisheries sector and 26% of non-state joint stock companies operate in the credit and finance sector, of which 37.3% are in the processing industry sector.

Number of SMEs operating in the food processing industry, 11% in the textile, footwear and leather industry and 18.6% in the metal products manufacturing industry (4) .


25%


3%

Commercial Services

41%

21%

Hotel restaurant

Processing industry

Other industries


Chart 2.1: Business structure of SMEs

When the Enterprise Law took effect (January 1, 2000), there were over 14,457 newly registered enterprises, the number in 2001 was 19,800 enterprises, in 2002 there were about 20,803 newly established enterprises, in 2003 there were 26,023 newly registered enterprises and by 2007 there were about 50,125 enterprises registering for business, about 3.5 times more than in 2000, with a total registered capital of 160,400 billion VND.

Table 2.1: Number of newly registered SMEs in the period 2000-2007

Year

Quantity

business

Registered capital

(billion VND)

Average capital per enterprise (million VND)

2000

14457

13904.4

961.8

2001

19800

25770.1

1301.5

2002

20803

36736.2

1765.9

2003

26023

54212.1

2083.2

2004

36795

75125

2041.7

2005

45162

108000

2391.3

2006

46663

148065.3

3173

2007

50125

160400

3200


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Number of Newly Registered Enterprises in the 2000-2007 Period

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Thus, in general, after 6 years of implementing the Enterprise Law, the number of DVNNV has increased many times compared to the previous 10 years. The average number of registered enterprises per year is now about 3.85 times the average per year of the period 1991-1999. This is a very high growth rate compared to the average in many countries in the world. According to business data in some European countries, the average number of newly established enterprises per year in these countries is only from 5% (like in Sweden) to as high as 13% (in the UK). The US is a country with a fairly high rate of newly established enterprises per year, but only at 11% per year (5) . However, if calculated per capita, for every 550-600 Vietnamese people, there is only 1 officially registered enterprise.

in the form of a company. This is the lowest level compared to other countries in the region (according to APEC's recommendation, countries should strive to have 1 business for every 20 people).

During the same period, the amount of newly registered capital also increased. In 2000, the total newly registered capital was only 13,904.4 billion VND, by 2002 it had increased 2.5 times to 36,736.2 billion VND. In 2007 alone, this figure reached 150,125 billion VND, nearly 1.5 times higher than in 2005 (108,000 billion VND).

After two important milestones, in 2000 the Enterprise Law was born and in 2006 the amended Enterprise Law 2005 took effect, the number of newly established enterprises and the amount of registered capital both increased.


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Number of enterprises Registered capital


250000

200000

150000

100000

50000

0

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006


Chart 2.2: Number of SMEs and annual registered capital

According to official statistics, not only registered capital but also the scale of operating capital of enterprises in recent years has had a significant growth rate, especially for the non-state-owned SME sector. While the operating capital in 2002 compared to 1995 of state-owned enterprises increased 3.5 times, that of non-state-owned enterprises increased 10.8 times. This shows a positive sign that enterprises have boldly invested capital in business investment.

Although in recent times, both registered capital and operating capital of Vietnamese SMEs have increased, the capital scale of Vietnamese SMEs is still small. According to estimates, up to 44.44% of enterprises have capital under 1 billion VND; from 1 to 5 billion VND, there are 33.21%, from 5 billion VND to under 10 billion VND, there are 8.24% of enterprises with capital from 10 billion VND or more, accounting for 14.11%. In general, the average capital of a Vietnamese SME is three billion VND, of which the average capital of a foreign enterprise is 210.24 billion VND (6) . With such a scale, Vietnamese SMEs are considered too small compared to the average scale in the world. For example, the capital scale of Vietnamese industrial enterprises can be compared with that of Chinese industrial enterprises in Table 2.2:

Table 2.2: Comparison of Vietnamese and Chinese enterprise scale


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